All Wired Up!

This past weekend I was able to pretty much finish the guitar. With a little guidance from a friend I got the bridge and tailpiece installed. That was the last big hurdle. With that done, I was able to attack the wiring. Had a little trouble with that and may go back and do it over to clean it up a bit. Once I had strings on it i played it for the first time! She sounds GREAT! I played it until about 2:00 Sunday morning. Today i got the grover "eagle" strap buttons installed. All that's really left is to do some more hand buffing to it and to make and install a truss rod cover. Last thing will be the name... I have some ideas in mind but nothing decided on yet.

Polishing and Final Assembly

The month long wait is over! I spent the past couple of days wet sanding the nitro finish down flat and level. Today, the guys at Little Rock Frets let me use their mandrel buffer to do the polishing. After about 2 hours of polishing the guitar was mirror smooth and shiny. I couldn't be happier with the end result for my first ever guitar! After the machine polish I had to spend about an hour hand buffing it with swirl remover. I think my arm may fall off after that! Tonight I mounted the Grover tuners and the pickups. I also shaped and mounted the nut. Of course, the pickups will have to come back out in order to wire it but the mounting holes are now situated. If everything goes as planned, I will be PLAYING this guitar tomorrow!

Wet sanding

The wait is over!!! Started the wet sanding process today! Took about three hours of continuous sanding just to get the initial flattening done. Next is to sand again with a finer grade paper to remove scratches. Pix in the next post! Hard to capture some of the details. Even for a pro!

A Light at the End of the Tunnel

Whew! The past few weeks really were tough! Finally this week I can start the wet sanding and polishing processes. The end is near! I can hardly wait to play her for the first time! Will be making a you tube video of the first playing!